How can we build more -- and better -- child care in America? @justinbdoromal.bsky.social and I have been studying one answer: raise wages for the early childhood workforce. Here are three key lessons from state and local wage boost initiatives from coast to coast: www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...

Hot off the presses! New findings from our study team: applications for DC’s universal pre-k program have remained steady despite fewer young children in the District. www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...

Now, as always, @urbaninstitute.bsky.social remains a must read. Especially when @ericahgreenberg.bsky.social is involved. www.urban.org/urban-wire/c...

Proud to join @urbaninstitute.bsky.social colleagues in unpacking how cities in general - and DC in particular - can be the ideal place to raise a family. www.urban.org/urban-wire/c...

🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success? Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question! 🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf And 🧵👇

A new summary from the Urban Institute documents the benefits of DC’s #wage enhancement program for early childhood educators – the Early Childhood Educator Pay #Equity Fund – for educator retention in #childcare centers, especially centers accepting child care subsidies. urbn.is/DCFundWage

🌟What if early educators were paid like K-12 teachers? New evidence from Washington, DC shows what would happen: more stability in the child care workforce, higher-quality caregiving, and greater mental health and financial well-being for early educators.🌟 #EduSkyECEC www.urban.org/research/pub...

This week, the #DC school lottery will match thousands of families with their first public school. But there is more than one path to enrollment bliss--especially in #pre-k. Check out our new brief on Pathways to Pre-K for more. www.urban.org/research/pub... @justinbdoromal.bsky.social #EduSkyECEC

Big news! We @urbaninstitute.bsky.social are thrilled to partner with the Bainum Family Foundation's WeVision EarlyEd initiative to help make the ideal real in early childhood by building evidence with families and early childhood professionals. bainumfdn.org/transforming... #EduSkyECEC #EduSky

7.5 million students with disabilities stand to be impacted by #federal changes to the US Department of #Education. New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social research shows how.

Amidst all the chaos and upheaval in the education policy world, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social will be hiring several senior research associates in the coming months. Hopefully this helps some of the stellar education policy people find their footing again!

🌟 Did you know that Washington, DC is home to the country’s leading early childhood policy innovations? State and local tax revenue power universal preschool, fair wages for early educators, and much more. In turn, these investments inform communities across the US, improving lives nationwide. 🌟

Another great resource: the Segregation Tracking Project. We built off NCES data to create Longitudinal Imputed School Database. Race/eth and free lunch data for every school in the US 1991-2022. We impute erroneous/missing data but retain original CCD values. edopportunity.org/segregation/

🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟 #EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social research shows that federal programs being discussed for cuts spend a disproportionate share of their funds on children. Cuts could massively increase childhood poverty, reduce access to healthcare, & worsen educational outcomes www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

Great coverage of new findings from our DC Pre-K study c/o @conorpwilliams.bsky.social! @anikaalam.bsky.social @justinbdoromal.bsky.social

New evidence confirms what we know well: starting early is best for students, families, and education systems. Great new essay from @anikaalam.bsky.social and our DC PreK study team published by the Learning Curve @urbaninstitute.bsky.social. #edusky #edpolisky #eduskyecec

Sometimes researchers are lucky enough to study solutions. Our work on DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund is 2 years in the making and findings are clear. We know now what a big change it has brought to people's lives. It was long overdue. www.npr.org/2024/12/12/n...

Proud of our Partner Spotlight from @dcedresearchcollab.bsky.social! dceducationcollaborative.org/partner-spot...

Looking for data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity? Follow us at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social with this great new starter pack! 🎉 go.bsky.app/8vqjVD2

New @npr.org reporting features DC’s Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and the evidence we are building on its many benefits—and lingering challenges. #edusky #edpolisky #eduskyecec www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Interested in pay equity for early childhood educators? Tune into our webinar this afternoon! #EduSky #AcademicSky www.urban.org/events/benef...

First up, three new fact sheets from our study of DC's pathbreaking Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund highlight benefits to early educators' financial well-being, staff recruitment and retention, and program quality. www.urban.org/research/pub...

What a day to open up, @bsky.app! On this account, I’ll be sharing early childhood policy research and the occasional kid pics.